Wednesday, June 27, 2007

New Promise Ie Vii Installer From Admin@Microsoft.Com

A slew of emails convey hitting our mailbox inwards the final ii days alongside links to download the beta 2 version of Microsoft Internet Explorer vii (file name: IE7.0.exe)

The e-mails look to come upwards from admin@microsoft.com alongside the dependent champaign equally "Internet Explorer vii Downloads."

A slew of emails convey hitting our mailbox inwards the final ii days alongside links to download the beta New Hope IE vii Installer from admin@microsoft.com

As you lot would convey guessed it, the file IE7.0.exe is a virus (Virus.Win32.Grum.a) together with is beingness hosted inwards multiple places unopen to the world.

While GMail is doing a proficient chore at filtering such emails together with marker them equally spam, brand certain that you lot don't autumn inwards the trap together with download software updates alone from the developer's website.

More on this final result at F-Secure labs, Arbor together with SANS.

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